One of the most perplexing challenges facing IT organizations today is the escalating cost of storage compared to the overall IT budget. If you can’t measure your entire storage stack from the physical disk up to the application, it is going to be very difficult to manage not only how much you’re spending on storage, but also storage consumption behavior. This document will shed light on how to gain visibility into your existing storage stack and optimize efficiency at each level, how to improve management practices along the stack, and how to encourage efficient consumption behavior.